Meat Loaf Miniatures Recipe

My family and I can't get enough of these little muffins topped with a sweet ketchup sauce. They are the perfect portion size. This recipe requires no chopping, so it's quick and easy to make a double batch and have extras for another day. They're great to give to new moms, too. —Joyce Wegmann, Burlington, Iowa

Serve desired number of meat loaves. Cool remaining loaves. Transfer to freezer bags; seal and freeze for up to 3 months.

To use frozen meat loaves: Completely thaw in the refrigerator. Place loaves in a greased baking dish. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through, or cover and microwave on high for 1 minute or until heated through.Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Originally published as Meat Loaf Miniatures in Quick Cooking
January/February 2001, p29

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redhen1970 User ID: 4031186253185

Reviewed Aug. 26, 2016

"So easy and a fun "bite size" . The flavors are spot on. Thanks!"

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amiracle2012 User ID: 7960803253139

Reviewed Aug. 25, 2016

"This was similar to my Meatloaf that I had to try it for my family. They noticed right away it wasn't mine. So it was good but not quite a homerun."

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melissab888 User ID: 8837510247185

Reviewed Apr. 17, 2016

"These are delicious! My children love the ketchup sauce so much I have to make extra. It's great to have these in the freezer when I don't have time or a plan for supper-if they last long enough. My picky teenage son loves them so much he eats them for a snack. As for the messy cleanup I found a way around that. Line a baking sheet with foil and make muffin size mounds. They can be baked the same way but when done you can throw away the foil instead of trying to scrub out muffin pans."

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khegeman User ID: 2379383243266

Reviewed Feb. 5, 2016

"We did not care for these. I love the idea of muffin cups and we really liked the ketchup sauce on top of the muffins, but the meatloaf itself had too strong of a cereal flavor. The Crispix cereal overwhelmed the meatloaf. If I were to make again, I would substitute bread crumbs instead."

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doriv User ID: 1463744243190

Reviewed Feb. 4, 2016

"Due to husband's heart surgery, we use 3lbs of 93% lean ground beef, so I adjusted for moistness by using 1/4 c ketchup plus 1 bottle (12oz) chili sauce. We use a scant 3 TBSP of brown sugar; rest of ingredients as given on recipe above. Super successful using silicone muffin cups (we found these at Walmart) in the muffin pans and a scoop to measure meat evenly. This yields 24 meatloaf muffins. These freeze and reheat so well. An absolute 5-Star favorite!!"

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gebi User ID: 3439618238632

Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015

"Flavorful but the CLEANUP was HORRENDOUS! Way too many good recipes to make this one again using muffin cups! And I used 95/5 ground beef. Very upsetting."

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tt2b123 User ID: 1638440233563

Reviewed Sep. 27, 2015

"Quite a bit more than 18 muffins."

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debpenns User ID: 5553562233243

Reviewed Sep. 21, 2015

"made these for my family!! they where awesome! with some mashed potatoes and English peas!! my family loved them!!"

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Nikilynn User ID: 8469568230559

Reviewed Aug. 2, 2015

"Grate a large carrot and onion in it. Omit the cereal and use small amount of Panko bread crumbs. I use Peter Lugers Steak sauce instead of ketchup."

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AndiB1976 User ID: 806547229450

Reviewed Nov. 1, 2014

"I saw this recipe on my Facebook feed and made it for dinner last night. I don't usually like ketchup based meatloaf but followed the recipe and I'm glad I did. By far the best meatloaf ever. So glad that I did so simple and very good. Instead of the muffin pan I used mini loaf pans that I have. Yielded 24 mini meat loafs. And the recipe made enough for another meal, freezing the leftovers.